The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-30
TENNESSEESWAR ONRUM
PROHIBITION PROBABLY BEATEN
BY A SMALL MAJORITY.

Knoxville Rolls Up Creditable Ma
jority for the Proposed Amendment
Nashville, Memphis and Chattanoo-
ga all Carried by the Saloon Ele-
ment-Women Stood to Their Posts.
KNOXVILLE, TENN, Sept. 29.-The vote
on the prohibition amendment to the consti-
tuition, was much lighter than was expected
in Knoxville, but resulted in a victory for
prohibition. The vote for the amendment
was 2,312 against 100, majority of l,192
for prohibition. The negro vote was al
most solid against the amendment,
and represents at least three-fourths Of
the opposition in Knoxville. Most of the
white citizens who opposed the amendment
did not go to the polls Hundreds of ladies'
worked at the polls all day, many of them
driving voters TO the polls in their carriages
Free lunches were distributed by ladies at
the voting places The election passed off
quietly, no disturbance occurring at any
of the precincts. The saloons were
all closed, and not drunken
man has been in the city to-day. When the
pcls CLOSED all the church bells in the city
rung for half an hour The Eastern third
of Tennessee, of which Knoxville is the
centre, will give majority for the amend
ment. Partial returns from thirty East
Tennessee counties Indicate $1,000 majority
for Prohibition, with an extremely light
vote in the back counties
A RUM STRONGHOLD.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 29.--Chattanoaga's
official vote for the amendment is !, $50, and
against it 3,019
Dispatches from all sections of the State
indicate that the election passed off quietly,
and that the largest vote ever cast was
poiled. No definite figures can yet bo
given on the result, but the returns SO far
Indicate the defeat of the amendment in tho
State The ladies took an active
part in the election, and in all the
cities and towns they were at the polls
with free lunch stands and personally So
liciJed voters. At every voting booth there
wns lavish display of banners, among
them being ''Vote for God, Home and Ten
nessee to-day" "Vote for mother, wife
and sster-They have no defense save
| your ballot" THE women and children
often appeal to the manhood of the State,
yes, today etc.
The ladies were everywhere treated with
respect. During the morning the morning
| prayer meetings were held at the churches
at Athens When the vote was counted
and it was ascertained that a majority of
| 100 was obtained for prohibition all the
ward workers bowed their heads and sung
| the doxology.
The returns to the Times at o'clock
tonight indicate that East Tennessee will
| give 20, 900 majority for the amendment.
| This makes the result appear more doubt
| full
NIP AND TUCK.
! CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 20, II r. M--Dis-
patches 20 the Times from all sectiono OF
| the State, representing 100, 900 votes out OF
a total of 100000, give a majority of about
| 5000 against the amendment. The returns
| lectures, making the result doubtful. with
| the chances in favor Of the defeat of the
| amendment.
| A CLOSE VOTE INDICATED
| NASHVILLE, Sept. 29.-The indications
here at $50 o'clock tonight were that the
vote on the adoption of the prohibition
amendment will be close. Memphis gives
an anti majority of 4,232. This Davidson
county will give an anti majority of nearly
| 1000.
LOOKS LIKE DEFEAT.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 30. The returns so far
received Indicate that the amendment was
defeated in the State today by very small
majority. The ti-prohibitionists carried
| vote Of 900. The country districts returns
are coming in slowly, but Shelby county
will give about 5000 majority against the
amendment. Ladies worked for the amend
ment at all the voting precincts in the city.
QUIET EVERYWHERE.
NASHVILLE, Sept. 20, 1880 p. M-The
| election to-day on the amendment TO the
constitution prohibiting the manufacture or
| sale fer use as a beverage of intoxicating
| liquors passed off with remarkable quietudo
| all over the State, no disorder of any kind
being reported In Nashville and David
| son county 1T was the most remarkable
election ever held. The feature of
| it was the presence Of ladies at the polls
working and pleading with voters to cast
| their ballots for the amendment. Lunches,
/ with hot coffee, were set at all the polling
places, and whenever man presented him
self TO vote an anti-ticket he was surrounded
| by ladies, argued with, and if very stubborn
prayed for and regaled with sacred
songs. Such sight was never witnessed
before in Nashville. Voters showed uni
versal respect for the ladies, and there is
! no doubt that TO their presence is
| due the cutting down of the anti
majority in this county In the Sixth
ward of this city, the ants rallied their
| forces early and were voting in solid
platoons of from five TO fifty. Prohibition
men were discouraged to degree that they
deserted the polls. Then the ladies rallied,
| sent out for reinforcements of their sex and
bravely stood in the breach, pleading and
praying with the voters until the
who depreciate participation in politics
by women are forced to admire the bravecy
displayed by the ladies of Nashville tod
| The returns tonight are Incomplete. -
| american has figures which Indicate that
| the amendment has been defeated by from
| 10000 to 5000 The antis claim $1,000
majority but IL will hardly reach that.